Brief Life History of Rebecca Louise
When Rebecca Louise Armstrong was born on 23 October 1939, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Lee Armstrong, was 26 and her mother, Gordia Stowe, was 22. She lived in Ellenboro, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States in 1991. She died on 15 January 1991, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Ellenboro, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States.
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- Rebecca Louise Armstrong, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Rebecca Louise Armstrong Jones, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
- Louise Armstrong Jackson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · The Four Freedoms
President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.
History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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